CVE-2017-16757
Hola VPN 1.34 has weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to...
Hola VPN 1.34 has weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse 7za.exe or hola.exe file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Hola VPN 1.34 has weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse 7za.exe or hola.exe file.
- Record
CVE-2017-16757- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Hola VPN 1.34 has weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse 7za.exe or hola.exe file.
- Record
CVE-2017-16757- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7940 No score
Hola VPN 1.34 has weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse 7za.exe or hola.exe file.
- Record
EUVD-2017-7940- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jpx3-ppvc-3pvm
Hola VPN 1.34 has weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to...
Hola VPN 1.34 has weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse 7za.exe or hola.exe file.
- Record
GHSA-jpx3-ppvc-3pvm- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16757 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Hola Vpn, published November 9, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.